Today was a very successful day on the road. Despite some cloud cover, Quantum still managed to cover over 700 KM during the course of the day, with zero time on the side of the road. The team is becoming acquainted with the race environment, solving challenges that come up quickly and effectively. With the Northern Territory roughly 50 KM away, we will spend just a short amount of time driving tomorrow to wrap up our testing for the Veolia World Solar Challenge. Our strategists are feeling comfortable with the performance of the car, and will be looking forward to a thrilling race in the days to come.
The team charging the array in the outback
The Media Crew has been busy testing out its video/communications equipment to ensure a constant stream of updates. In case you are curious to know how we are able transmit the data from the Outback, feel free to see this video below:
Our strategists did a great job of predicting the weather, and were able to secure a sunny evening charge. Another benefit to this is a wonderful star filled view. For many of us, the is the best night sky we have ever seen. Notice the stars appear as streak of light due to the rotation of the Earth.
The beautiful night sky in the Outback
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Glad to hear things are going well for you guys!
Also, since you have a very nice night sky, may I put in a request to media: with a wide-angle lens, try taking a single 60-90s (f<3, iso1600+) exposure of the Milky Way, take the same exposure with the lens cover on (to get the noise), then subtract the noise from the image in Photoshop. Or if that doesn't work take 5-6 60-second (f~5) exposures, then use Photoshop to align & blend. Believe me, you won't regret it =]
Ha, I was also going to post a comment about the night sky picture. Based on the length of the lines for the stars, I am guessing this picture had a 35 minute exposure time. In any case it is a great picture and I am jealous of you guys! Have fun.
For goodness sakes Max, how on earth did you know it was a 35 minute exposure? Couldn’t you have said “about half and hour” and let the rest of us feel semi-smart for the rest of the day? Sheesh! =D